Rice University Athletics
2026 Rice Baseball
Roster
Ethan Atchley
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Heath, Texas
- High School:
- Rockwall
2026: Led the Owls with 24 relief appearances and tied for the team lead with five wins, including a team-best four at Reckling Park… Retired 20 of 35 runners inherited…Top outing of the year came at USC on 2/21 when he worked four perfect innings while striking out a career-high five… Earned his first career save, coming on to get the final out vs. Harvard on 2/28…Posted his five wins along with his second save over a stretch of 10 appearances from 3/17 to 4/15… Earned his first career win with two hitless innings vs. UTRGV on 3/17 and added his third vs. the Vaqueros two weeks later… Went three innings in relief in the opener at South Florida on 3/20 to earn the save.
2025: 0-1 in nine appearances out of the bullpen for the Owls…Allowed only two of six inherited runners to score and stranded the last three in conference action… Made his debut by retiring his only hitter vs. Virginia at the Puerto Rico Baseball Challenge in Ponce, Puerto Rico.. Worked a season-long 1.0 innings vs. Tennessee, Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Prairie View… First career strikeout came vs. Tennessee.
Prior to Rice Two-time All-District 10-6A for coach Greg Harvey as the Hawks finished 34-9 and advanced to the regional quarterfinals as a senior… Rockwall Harvey won the state 6A title in his freshman year, reached the semifinals in his sophomore season, and the regional quarterfinals the last two years while compiling a 140-39-2 record over that stretch… Struck out 38 and walked 11 in 27.2 innings as a senior with a 1.0 WHIP and 1.80 ERA… All-Texas Region Honorable mention by Perfect Game and Five Tool Baseball All-Academic Team member… Played for D-BAT United in the Five Tool Collegiate League before enrolling at Rice… Member of the National Honor Society… Rockwall ISD Superintendent's Scholar… Participated in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth program.
Sid Richardson College
